THE JASON


74 F.Supp. 34 (1946)

THE JASON. THE FORT MINGAN. AMERICAN S. S. CO. v. WILKINSON.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 1, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Andrew J. McElhinney, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City (John F. Quarto, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


CLANCY, District Judge.

On the morning of April 1, 1944, the collier Jason, 536 feet over all, 65 feet beam and 27 feet 8 inches loaded depth, advanced north in the bay and into the East River. She was in the hands of a harbor tugboat pilot. A deep-laden north bound vessel of the Jason's size, seeking the Brooklyn side of the river, follows a range fixed by lights on the Brooklyn shore. Such a vessel closely holding the range will keep 300 feet to starboard the Diamond...

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